Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (S.R. No. 1510 of 1986). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 1985 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Cultivated plants, Water Keyword Pollution control Pesticides Plant production Plant protection Freshwater pollution Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations provide for controlling pesticides in implementation of Part III of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. They prohibit the advertisement, sale, supply, storage or use of any pesticide unless the Ministers have given an approval in relation to that pesticide and a consent to that activity and unless the conditions of both the approval and the consent have been complied with. In the event of a breach of the specified prohibitions in relation to any pesticide or of the conditions of an approval or a consent, regulation 7 authorises— (a) the seizure or disposal of the pesticide or of anything treated with it; (b) such remedial action as appears to a Minister to be necessary as a result of the contravention; (c) in the case of an imported pesticide, the removal out of the United Kingdom of that pesticide. Any person who uses a pesticide shall take all reasonable precautions to protect the health of human beings, creatures and plants, to safeguard the environment and in particular to avoid pollution of water. Specific provision is made in the Schedule for the protection of waters from aerial spraying. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amended by Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 1290 of 2019). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2019 Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Pesticides, Plant production, Plant protection, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX